The fire this time: a new generation speaks about race

The Tradition / by Jericho Brown

Introduction / by Jesmyn Ward

Part I: Legacy

Homegoing, AD / by Kima Jones

The Weight / by Rachel Ghansah

Lonely in America / by Wendy S. Walters

Where Do We Go from Here? / by Isabel Wilkerson

"The Dear Pledges of Our Love": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband / Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

White Rage / by Carol Anderson

Cracking the Code / by Jesmyn Ward

Part II: Reckoning

Queries of Unrest / by Clint Smith

Blacker Than Thou / by Kevin Young

Da Art of Storytellin' (a prequel) / by Kiese Laymon

Black and Blue / by Garnette Cadogan

The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning / by Claudia Rankine

Know Your Rights! / by Emily Raboteau

Composite Pops / by Mitchell Jackson

Part III: Jubilee

Theories of Time and Space / by Natasha Trethewey

Far: Notes on Love and Revolution / by Daniel Jose Older

Message to My Daughters / by Edwidge Danticat.

"The tradition" / Jericho Brown --

Introduction / Jesmyn Ward --

Homegoing, AD / Kima Jones --

The weight / Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah --

Lonely in America / Wendy S. Walters --

Where do we go from here? / Isabel Wilkerson --

"The dear pledges of our love": A defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers --

White rage / Carol Anderson --

Cracking the code / Jesmyn Ward --

Queries of unrest / Clint Smith --

Blacker than thou / Kevin Young --

Da art of storytellin' (a prequel) / Kiese Laymon --

Black and blue / Garnette Cadogan --

The condition of black life is one of mourning / Claudia Rankine --

Know your rights! / Emily Raboteau --

Composite pops / Mitchell S. Jackson --

Theories of time and space / Natasha Trethewey --

This far: Notes on love and revolution / Daniel José Older --

Message to my daughters / Edwidge Danticat.